Would They Still?

1

If those who chose to partake
of devoutly touted  'safe and effective'
                     eagerly injected poisons

had     if even for a moment known
that by doing so they might be joining
              in a ritual slow-motion slaughter

       would they still have agreed
       to not only aggrieve themselves
       but also their sons and daughters

for no reasons  other than to please
and obey what they'd failed to perceive
was a deeply diseased  chain of authority
       and just as deplorably  to simply fit in
for the frictionless sake of lazy conformity?


2

Although perhaps best addressed
to the heirs of Messrs. Milgram and Asch
it's a question  that every sane human
should presume to ask:  “If they knew
the harm they might do  would they still?”

Would they still have done what they did
pushing shots  of bio-toxic slop and swill
on themselves and their innocent kids

for nothing  but what they were groomed
to ironically assume  was safe as milk
       in the form of obedience to authority

and to just as spinelessly side
with the mindless masses     to bask
in the craven comfort of blind conformity?